Tuesday February 16, 2016
Kabul (BNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on Sunday summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to express serious concerns over the kidnapping of a former governor in Islamabad, a statement said.
Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi, a former governor of Herat province, was snatched by unidentified men in an upscale district of the Pakistani capital on Friday, police have confirmed. On Sunday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern to ambassador Sayed Ibrar Hussain and urged Islamabad to use all its resources into finding Wahidi, described him as one of the big personalities of Afghanistan. “The Afghan government calls upon the Pakistani government to use all tools and possibilities in identifying the group behind the kidnapping and immediately assure about the release of Wahidi,” the statement said. The tightly-guarded capital has a very low crime rate in general, and the F-7/2 sector where Wahidi was seized is a high security area that houses politicians, bureaucrats and expats. A Pakistani police official said Sunday that investigators were treating the abduction as a “high-profile case”, but that no arrests have yet been made.
